[oe-users] glibc vs uclibc

[Koen Kooi]

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Justin Patrin schreef:
> On 1/2/07, James L Henrickson <jim.henrickson at critical.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm confused about uclibc vs glibc.  I thought uclibc was preferred for
>> embedded systems because it it smaller than glibc.  Is this no longer
>> true?
> 
> Generally it is, but OE is being used for not-really-embedded systems
> too like the Sharp Zaurus (which is more of a handheld computer) and
> the ipaq. AFAIK, OpenEmbedded, Angstrom, and Familiar all use glibc.

Set ANGSTROM_MODE="uclibc" in local.conf and it will use uclibc. All earlier warnings
still apply.

regards,

KOen
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